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Programme
On this page you can find information about the keynote speakers, the detailed schedule of TABU Dag 2009, an overview of the conference locations and the floorplan of the conference venue. The program booklet can be downloaded here.
Keynote speakers
Four invited speakers gave a plenary talk at TABU Dag 2009:
- Jack Chambers, Professor of Linguistics, University of Toronto
It's Not Your Fault: the Cognitive Basis for Some 'Bad' Grammar
[view lecture online] - Ken Church, Johns Hopkins University
Repetition and Language Models
[view lecture online] - Marianne Gullberg, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
The relevance of gestures to first and second language acquisition studies - Matthias Schlesewsky, Professor of General Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
The truth about semantic P600 effects: A case for the importance of cross-linguistic validation in the neurocognition of language
The abstracts of each talk can be read by clicking on the title. The lectures of Jack Chambers and Ken Church can be viewed online.
Schedule
The detailed schedule including abstracts can be viewed here.
The welcome reception was offered to you by the University of Groningen, the Municipality of Groningen and the Province of Groningen.
Thursday, June 11
| 08:30 - 09:20 | Registration and welcome reception |
| Entrance hall Academy building and Room Spiegelzaal | |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | Opening |
| Room Spiegelzaal | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Plenary talk 1: Ken Church |
| Room Geertsemazaal | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break and late registration |
| Room Bruinszaal | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Parallel session 1 |
| Rooms A1, A2, A7, A8 and Heymanszaal | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| Restaurant El Txoko | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Parallel session 2 |
| Rooms A1, A2, A7, A8 and Heymanszaal | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Poster session I |
| Hall Economics | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
| Room Academia Lounge | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Plenary talk 2: Marianne Gullberg |
| Room Geertsemazaal | |
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Conference dinner |
| Restaurant Ni Hao Wok |
Friday, June 12
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Late registration |
| Entrance hall Academy building | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Plenary talk 3: Matthias Schlesewsky |
| Room Offerhauszaal | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| Room Bruinszaal | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Parallel session 3 |
| Rooms A1, A2, A7, A8 and Heymanszaal | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| Restaurant El Txoko | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Parallel session 4 |
| Rooms A1, A2, A7, A8 and Heymanszaal | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Poster session II including coffee |
| Restaurant Academia | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Plenary talk 4: Jack Chambers |
| Room Offerhauszaal | |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Closing and TABU DAG Best Presentation and Best Poster Award |
| Room Offerhauszaal | |
| 18:15 - 20:00 | Closing drinks |
| Bar Pepper |
Conference locations
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